Saleha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saleha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saleha: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,122, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1122highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1666
1998	#1122
1999	#2444
2000	#1995
2001	#1728
2002	#1192
2003	#1843
2004	#1715
2005	#1796
2006	#1983
2007	#2233
2008	#1914
2009	#3422
2010	#1993
2011	#2893
2012	#2969
2013	#2649
2014	#2464
2015	#3615
2016	#2547
2017	#3229
2018	#1977
2019	#2170
2020	#2843
2021	#2499
2022	#3148
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1122 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saleha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saleha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	109	10 of 10	11
2010s	97	10 of 10	10
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saleha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1122 in England and Wales in 1998.

Saleha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,122, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Saleena · #1520, 25y
Saleh · #445, 43y
Salem · #1243, 29y
Salih · #1458, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kerem · #1121, 29y
Memphis · #1124, 25y
Willoughby · #1124, 26y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kerem · #1121, 29y
Memphis · #1124, 25y
Willoughby · #1124, 26y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Saleha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saleha without appearing here.

Saleha moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Saleha

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1313.
Jude Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1993 and #2392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2893 and #1438.
Mina Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1122 and #1259 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #1060.
Rita Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1122 and #1571 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #1107.

Moved the opposite way to Saleha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Saleha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saleha went from #1222 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1122 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saleha

Saleha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saleha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saleha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saleha at a glance

Saleha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saleha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Saleha and the names beside it

Saleha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saleha

Moved the opposite way to Saleha

Moved the same way as Saleha